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Letters Patent No. 70,769, dated .November 12, i867. *I

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Be it known that we, EDWARD P. WooDs and DANIEL SHEnwooD, both ofLowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improved Egg-Boiler and Stand; and wel dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact, descriptionthereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, gures, andletters of reference thereon, making part of this specification. Of thesaid 'drawings-* Figure 1 is a view in perspective of our egg-stand andboiler as completed.

Figures 2.,' 3, and 4 show parts in detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings.

vTo enable others skilled in the art to make and. use our invention, wewill describe the constructionv and. operation thereof.

We first make a wire ring, B, of the size we wish to make the stand,and'join the ends together by a tube, as seen in figs. 2 and Then, 'ofthe same wire, we form the parts C C, which, when united, compose theframe. These parts are soldered together at the centre, and are madewith eyes c c, which form legs for the stand, and with hooks b b on theends, which serve to connect the ring and frames together.

The spiral wire d, previous to being attached to the frame, is formed ona machine constructed as follows:

A metallic cup-shaped disk iscast of the size desired, and a holedrilled to secure it upon the mandrel, and then inished to its propershape. This blank is then centred in a lathe, the tool-holder of whichis moved by a screw, and on motion being imparted to the holder byproper gearing, a regular spiral groove 4is out on the face of theblank, commencing at the centre, and gradually increasing until thebevel portion is reached. The continuation ofthe groove on the bevel is-cut by a taper lathe and regular screw-gearing. The groove is cutslightly inclining towards the centres, and suiciently deep to preventthe wire'from springing out during the operation of forming up thespiral and fastening the frame thereto.

For afull and more complete description ot' this machine reference maybe had to the specification and drawings filed by your petitioners ofeven date with 'this speciication.

The disk upon which the wire is formed isslotted to conform with theribs C C of the frame, which will lie directly over said slots when inproper position. After the spiral has been formed the disk is removedfrom the machine, and the operator places the frame, composed of thering B and ribs C C, on the disk over the spiral, and connects themtogether by means of fine wire, interlacing it in and out through theslots, until the whole is firmly secured together. -Thestand is thenremoved from the disk, and the handle A and egg-rings a a attachedthereto. The handle of the stand, shown in the drawings, is composed ofthree strands of wire twisted together, doubled toform the handle-loop,andn'then twisted to form the thick part above the rings. Four of thesestrands are then formed into the egg-rings, and the remaining twostrands' are twisted to ferm the continuation of the handle, and tosecure the rings and bottom of the stand together, as will be seen iniig. 1 ofthe drawings.

We make our egg-stands'and boilers to hold from four to twelve eggs,those of the latter sizehaving two tiers of egg-rings. The stands areused to holdthc eggsuinthe water while being boiled, and also'as anornamental stand for the table, and are useful and ornamental in a highdegree.

We claim, as a new article of manufacture, an egg-stand and boiler,constructed substantially as described f th s ec'fed. and or epmposes P*l EDWARD-P. WooDs,

DANIEL SHERWOOD. Witnesses;

J. F. ROGERS, .WM. U.l AMsDEN.

